These are the top trending destinations in Asia in 2026, according to TripAdvisor  Time Out Worldwide

Trending tickers: Palantir, Berkshire Hathaway, Lockheed Martin, Exxon Mobil and Bunzl  Yahoo Finance UK

15 Players Trending Down (2026 Fantasy Baseball)  FantasyPros

SF Giants observations: Who’s trending up, down through 10 Cactus League games?  The Mercury News

Chilly temperatures continue Sunday before trending warmer  KTTC | Rochester, MN

1. Apple introduces the new MacBook Air with M5  Apple
2. Apple debuts M5 Pro and M5 Max to supercharge the most demanding pro workflows  Apple
3. Apple launches new MacBook Air and MacBook Pro with new M5 chips  Yahoo Finance
4. Apple launches new generation of MacBook laptops starting at $1,099  Reuters
5. Apple Raises Computer Prices With New MacBook Pro and Air Lines  Bloomberg.com

1. Apple launches iPhone 17e at $599, boosts base storage  Honolulu Star-Advertiser
2. Apple introduces iPhone 17e  Apple
3. New MacBooks, the iPhone 17E, and more: everything we know about Apple’s March 2026 announcements  The Verge
4. Apple launches cheaper iPhone 17e in push to boost iPhone sales  CNN
5. Apple launches lower cost iPhone 17e and a new iPad Air powered by its M4 chip  CNBC

1. Apple’s new Studio Display XDR adds a Mini LED upgrade  The Verge
2. Apple unveils new Studio Display and all-new Studio Display XDR  Apple
3. Apple’s M5 Mac Studio is coming – Here’s what we know  Macworld
4. New Studio Display XDR immediately outshines the updated Studio Display  AppleInsider
5. Apple’s new Studio Displays come with Thunderbolt 5  TechCrunch

1. Apple Accidentally Leaks 'MacBook Neo'  MacRumors
2. The MacBook disruption is about to begin  Macworld
3. New Low-Cost MacBook vs MacBook Air M1: Why Apple's new laptop could be the one to buy  Tom's Guide
4. The low-cost MacBook will act as a gateway drug to the Mac world  9to5mac.com
5. Apple’s rumored MacBook Neo, a lower-cost, colorful laptop, could launch this week  TechCrunch

1. Apple’s new products add C1X chip for three unique advantages  9to5mac.com
2. Apple introduces the new iPad Air, powered by M4  Apple
3. iPad Air M4 vs. iPad Air M3: The few new things in Apple's midrange tablet  Engadget
4. Even Apple knows the new iPad Air is a worthless upgrade  Macworld
5. Apple Updated the Wrong iPad  CNET

This new NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features one of the most visually intricate remnants of a dying star: the Cat’s Eye Nebula, also known as NGC 6543. This extraordinary planetary nebula lies in the constellation Draco and has captivated astronomers for decades with its elaborate and multilayered structure. Observations with ESA’s Gaia mission place the nebula at 4,400 light-years away.

Planetary nebulae, so-called because of their round shape, which made them appear to look like planets when viewed through early telescopes, are in fact expanding gas thrown off by stars in their final stages of evolution. It was the Cat’s Eye Nebula itself where this fact was first discovered in 1864 — examining the spectrum of its light reveals the emission from individual molecules that’s characteristic of a gas, distinguishing planetary nebulae from stars and galaxies. 

Hubble also revolutionized our understanding of planetary nebulae; its detailed images showed that the simple, circular appearance of a planetary nebula seen from the ground belies a very complex morphology. This was particularly true of the Cat’s Eye Nebula, where Hubble images in 1995 revealed never-before-seen structures that broadened our understanding of how planetary nebulae come to be.

This time, Hubble is joined by ESA’s Euclid space telescope to create a new image of NGC 6543. The combined eyes of Hubble and Euclid reveal the remarkable complexity of stellar death in this object. Though primarily designed to map the distant universe, Euclid captures the Cat’s Eye Nebula as part of its deep imaging surveys. In Euclid’s wide, near-infrared, and visible light view, the arcs and filaments of the nebula’s bright central region are situated within a halo of colorful fragments of gas zooming away from the star. This ring was ejected from the star at an earlier stage, before the main nebula at the center formed. The whole nebula stands out against a backdrop teeming with distant galaxies, demonstrating how local astrophysical beauty and the farthest reaches of the cosmos can be seen together with Euclid.

Within this broad view of the nebula and its surroundings, Hubble captures the very core of the billowing gas with a new high-resolution visible-light image, adding extra detail in the center of this image. The data reveal a tapestry of concentric shells, jets of high-speed gas and dense knots sculpted by shock interactions, features that appear almost surreal in their intricacy. These structures are believed to record episodic mass loss from the dying star at the nebula’s center, creating a kind of cosmic “fossil record” of its final evolutionary stages.

Combining the focused view of Hubble with Euclid’s deep field observations not only highlights the nebula’s exquisite structure but also places it within the broader context of the universe that both space telescopes explore. Together, these missions provide a rich and complementary view of NGC 6543 — revealing the delicate interplay between stellar end-of-life processes and the vast cosmic tapestry beyond.

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Claire Andreoli
NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD
claire.andreoli@nasa.gov

On February 22, 2026, a wildland fire was discovered in Big Cypress National Preserve, about 25 miles (40 kilometers) east of Naples, Florida. The blaze, dubbed the National fire, moved through dry vegetation and sent a plume of smoke billowing over parts of the preserve and nearby communities. 

The MODIS (Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) on NASA’s Aqua satellite captured this image on the afternoon of February 25. By then, the fire had burned around 24,000 acres (9,700 hectares), according to the National Park Service.

After carrying smoke southward in previous days, winds shifted to start pushing it north by the time Aqua captured this image. According to news reports, the smoke reduced visibility and led to the brief closure of I-75—the interstate nicknamed “Alligator Alley” that runs east-west through the northern part of the preserve. It also contributed to smog over Lake Okeechobee. 

The fire continued to spread over the next several days, reaching just over 35,000 acres (14,000 hectares) by February 28, according to InciWeb. As of March 2, it remained roughly the same size and was 38 percent contained. 

The fire’s cause remains under investigation. Officials noted, however, that its spread was driven by ample fuel, including vegetation that was dry from persistent, extreme drought and damaged by recent frost. The National Interagency Fire Center’s wildland fire outlook calls for above-normal fire potential across Florida through May.

NASA Earth Observatory image by Lauren Dauphin, using MODIS data from NASA EOSDIS LANCE and GIBS/Worldview. Story by Kathryn Hansen.

References & Resources

• Big Cypress National Preserve (2026, February 27) News Releases. Accessed March 2, 2026.
• Gulf Coast News (2026, February 26) Alligator Alley reopens following smoke-related closure from Big Cypress National Preserve fire. Accessed March 2, 2026.
• Gulf Coast News (2026, February 26) Smoke from Big Cypress National Preserve fire shuts down Alligator Alley. Accessed March 2, 2026.
• Lake Okeechobee News (2026, February 27) Smoke from Big Cypress Preserve wildfire results in smog over Lake Okeechobee. Accessed March 2, 2026.
• National Integrated Drought Information System (2026, February 24) Florida. Accessed March 2, 2026.
• National Interagency Coordination Center (2026, March 2) Outlooks. Accessed March 2, 2026.

A total lunar eclipse glows red, Venus and Saturn get close, and we ring in the vernal equinox

A total lunar eclipse blood moon takes centre stage, Venus and Saturn cozy up for a conjunction, and we celebrate the vernal equinox. 

Skywatching Highlights

• March 3: Total Lunar Eclipse (Blood Moon)
• March 8: Venus + Saturn Conjunction
• March 20: Vernal Equinox

Transcript

A total lunar eclipse blood moon takes center stage, Venus and Saturn cozy up for a conjunction and we celebrate the vernal equinox.

That’s What’s Up this March.

Is it Mars or is it the Moon? On March 3rd, a total lunar eclipse will turn the Moon bright red.

During a lunar eclipse, which can only happen during a full Moon, Earth passes between the Sun and the Moon, casting a shadow on the lunar surface.

During a partial lunar eclipse, the Moon moves only partially into the dark shadow, or umbra, cast by Earth. 

But, during a full lunar eclipse, the Sun, Earth, and Moon are exactly aligned, leaving the Moon completely enveloped in Earth’s shadow.

When this happens, the Moon actually turns blood red. 

While you might imagine a full lunar eclipse would leave the Moon completely dark, Earth’s atmosphere scatters the light, illuminating the Moon in this orange-reddish hue. 

So look up and bask in the red glow of our lunar companion.

This full lunar eclipse will be visible from eastern Asia and Australia in the evening, from the Pacific at night, and from most of North and Central America as well as western South America in the early morning. 

On March 8th, Venus and Saturn will cozy up for a conjunction in the evening sky.

The pair will be about one degree apart, which is roughly the width of a single finger if you hold it at arm’s length.

A conjunction happens when two objects in the night sky appear close together, even if they’re far apart in space. In reality, Venus and Saturn are nearly a billion miles apart! 

But to see the pair get close in the sky from our perspective, look close to the horizon in the western sky just after sunset.

On March 20th, we ring in the vernal equinox, marking a transition into the next season.

While this is colloquially known as the first day of spring in the northern hemisphere and the first day of autumn in the southern hemisphere, astronomically this equinox occurs when the Sun crosses above Earth’s equator while traveling from south to north.

On this day, northern and southern hemispheres experience roughly equal amounts of sunlight and day and night are also about equal, each lasting almost exactly 12 hours. 

So enjoy the start of a new season with a day of perfectly balanced sunlight.

Here are the phases of the Moon for March.

You can stay up to date on all of NASA’s missions exploring the solar system and beyond at science.nasa.gov.

I’m Chelsea Gohd from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and that’s What’s Up for this month.

Sunlight beams off a partly cloudy Atlantic Ocean just after sunrise as the International Space Station orbited 263 miles above on March 5, 2025. This is an example of sunglint, an optical phenomenon that occurs when sunlight reflects off the surface of water at the same angle that a satellite sensor views it. The result is a mirror-like specular reflection of sunlight off the water and back at the satellite sensor or astronaut.

While sunglint often produces visually stunning images, the phenomenon can create problems for remote sensing scientists because it obscures features that are usually visible. This is particularly true for oceanographers who use satellites to study phytoplankton and ocean color. As a result, researchers have developed several methods to screen sunglint-contaminated imagery out of data archives.

Despite the challenges posed by sunglint, the phenomenon does offer some unique scientific opportunities. It makes it easier, for instance, to detect oil on the water surface, whether it is from natural oil seeps or human-caused oil spills. This is because a layer of oil smooths water surfaces.

Text credit: Adam Voiland

Image credit: NASA

After delivering about 12,000 pounds of supplies, scientific investigations, hardware, and other cargo to the International Space Station for NASA and its international partners, JAXA’s (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s) uncrewed HTV‑X1 cargo spacecraft is scheduled to depart Friday, March 6.

Watch NASA’s live coverage beginning at 11:45 a.m. EST on NASA+, Amazon Prime, and the agency’s YouTube channel in advance of the spacecraft’s release at 12 p.m. Learn how to watch NASA content through a variety of online platforms, including social media.

On Thursday, March 5, flight controllers will use the space station’s Canadarm2 robotic arm to detach HTV-X1 from the Harmony module’s Earth-facing port on the station and maneuver it into position for release. NASA will not provide live coverage of the spacecraft’s detachment from the orbiting laboratory. NASA astronaut Chris Williams will monitor HTV-X1’s systems during undocking and departure.

The HTV-X1 spacecraft will remain in orbit for more than three months acting as a scientific platform for JAXA’s experiments. Following the deorbit command, the spacecraft will dispose of several thousand pounds of trash during re-entry into Earth’s atmosphere, where it will burn up harmlessly.

The spacecraft arrived at the space station on Oct. 29, 2025, after launching Oct. 25 on an H3 rocket from Japan’s Tanegashima Space Center.

For more than 25 years, people have lived and worked continuously aboard the International Space Station, advancing scientific knowledge and making research breakthroughs that are not possible on Earth. The space station is a critical testbed for NASA to understand and overcome the challenges of long-duration spaceflight and to expand commercial opportunities in low Earth orbit. As commercial companies concentrate on providing human space transportation services and destinations as part of a strong low Earth orbit economy, NASA is focusing its resources on deep space missions to the Moon as part of the Artemis campaign in preparation for future astronaut missions to Mars.

Get breaking news, images and features from the space station on Instagram, Facebook, and X.

Learn more about International Space Station research and operations at:

https://www.nasa.gov/station

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Josh Finch / Jimi Russell
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1100
joshua.a.finch@nasa.gov / james.j.russell@nasa.gov

Sandra Jones
Johnson Space Center, Houston
281-483-5111
sandra.p.jones@nasa.gov

With the demands for more computers and data centers to power AI, the market is experiencing a shortage of RAM, causing memory prices to surge.

After U.S. and Israeli forces started bombing Iran, reports say cyber operations have disrupted communications, supported surveillance activities, and have been used in psychological operations.

The news comes as Pinterest has faced serious headwinds. Shares tumbled over the past year, with disappointing earnings, layoffs affecting 15% of its workforce, a declining ad business, and increased rivalry from AI chatbots.

This would mark the first time Apple competes with cheaper hardware like the Chromebook.

Google Chrome will begin shipping new releases every two weeks in September, instead of monthly.